Paid parking is back in Torre del Greco, but only in part. About a week after pay-and-display parking resumed in the town centre, traffic wardens signed new employment contracts with Publiservizi, the company now responsible for managing the blue-lined spaces.
The restart follows months of suspensions, delays and uncertainty for workers caught in the handover from the previous operator, TMP, to Publiservizi. During that period, according to the local reporting, affected staff went without shifts or pay.
A restart limited to the centre
Paid parking resumed on 9 September 2026 in ten areas of central Torre del Greco. In outlying districts, meters were still not operational and parking remained free pending a further municipal order.
That split start is behind the local description of a fragmented service: drivers in the centre were again required to pay, while the periphery waited for activation.
Contracts signed after the restart
About a week after the restart, traffic wardens signed new contracts with Publiservizi.
Tender documentation listed 15 workers from the previous operation for priority re-employment. A union agreement reported on 16 September protected accrued seniority and set working hours at 40 hours per week, up from the 24 hours reported for previous contracts.
It is not yet clear from the published reporting whether all 15 listed workers were hired on identical terms, or whether re-employment covered a different number of staff. The main report does not give the exact signing date for each individual contract; 16 September is the date associated with the reported union agreement.
Seven-year management, confirmed rates
Management of paid parking has been entrusted to Publiservizi for seven years.
The reported standard tariff is 1 euro per hour, with a minimum of 50 cents for 30 minutes. Monthly passes cost 80 euros for a single street and 100 euros for the entire municipal area. The passes give regular users, especially commuters and town-centre residents, a predictable alternative to hourly payment.
A political statement republished locally puts the concession at 1,297 spaces and mentions the possibility of adjusting that number by up to 20 percent. That figure has not been verified against a published municipal order or the full tender documents, so drivers should treat the final map of paid spaces as subject to later municipal decisions.
What drivers should know now
For now, the practical distinction is geographical. In the ten reactivated central areas, the ordinary hourly rules and passes apply. Outside those areas, parking remained free while meters were inactive, awaiting further instructions from the municipality.
Drivers who regularly use the centre should check street signage and operating meters before paying, particularly near the boundary between active and not-yet-active zones. Those considering a pass should compare the single-street option with the full-area option: The passes become relevant only where enforcement is actually operating.
What to watch next
Two questions remain open. The first is completion of the periphery rollout: when meters become operational and whether a new order extends paid parking to the remaining zones. The second is employment: how many of the 15 workers listed for re-employment were ultimately hired and on what final terms.
Neither the full municipal order nor the complete tender specifications were directly available in the published research, so administrative details are reported through news articles and published statements. Further municipal notices should clarify the final perimeter of paid parking and the definitive employment outcome.